GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Flatten , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
- To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.1913 Webster
- To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.1913 Webster
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.1913 Webster
- (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch.1913 Webster
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel. -- Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
1913 Webster
- To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.
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flattened adj.
- shaped like a thin sheet.
Syn. -- planate.WordNet 1.5+PJC - (Biol) flattened laterally along the whole length e.g. certain leafstalks or flatfishes.
Syn. -- compressed, flat.WordNet 1.5
- shaped like a thin sheet.